The re-structured current affairs, new journalism guidelines, editorial standards and training for RTE Ireland's national broadcaster.

These guidelines are posted here for students on the journliasm and digital media programmes that I deliver for ease of access

Access the original report from the RTE site here http://bgn.bz/rtejournalismguidelinesinterim and http://bgn.bz/rtejournalismguidelines

The policy, the "NHL Social Media Policy for League and Club Personnel", governs both players and hockey operations staff and is designed to promote the value of social media as a tool for communication with fans. It also highlights issues surrounding social media, as well as limits the use of social media by players and hockey operations staff on game days.

The policy covers that there is a total "blackout period" on the use of social media on game days, which for players begins two hours prior to opening face-off and is not lifted until players have finished their post-game media obligations. The suggested blackout period for hockey operations staff is longer, beginning at 11 a.m. on game days.

The NHL social media policy states that players and club personnel will be be held responsible for their social communications in the same manner in which they are held responsible for other forms of public communications.

As a result, discipline is possible for any social media statements that have or are designed to have an effect prejudicial to the welfare of the League, the game of hockey or a member club, or are publicly critical of officiating staff.

"The policy is sensible," said Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly. "It lets our players and clubs participate substantially in the opportunity of social networking while identifying and mitigating some of the risks. To date, our players and clubs have been exemplary in connecting with fans on social networks, and fans should not expect to see any material difference as a result of this policy."

Phoenix Coyote forward Paul Bissonnette, one of the most active players on Twitter, boasting more than 132,000 followers, tweeted Wednesday night about agreeing with the policy.

"People asking about NHL's new policy on Twitter. I think its good," Bissonnette tweeted. "I don't even play much and I don't tweet on game days. Plenty of off days."

The policy also provided social media tips for the players and club personnel to facilitate the best possible social-media dialogue with fans.

The policy, which was collectively bargained with the NHLPA.

Facebook has just announced changes to it's sharing and privacy guidelines. The main change is moving most of your controls from a settings page to being inline, right next to the posts, photos and tags they affect. Plus there are several other updates here that will make it easier to understand who can see your content.

As part of the change there is also an implication for Check In Deals - here is a screen shot of how it will work - Facebook comment "Once someone tags where they are on Facebook, they will be directed to the News Feed. If the Place is offering a Check-in Deal, the title of the deal will appear below the News Feed story. You’ll then be able to click on the deal title and will then be taken to the claim flow."

UPDATE 1 SEPTEMBER 2011

Facebook has provided a summary of the changes to privacy changes here. These are the settings you can see wehn you post.

Additional resources:

An helpful article from Robert Scoble

Business Insider covers Facebook Privacy guideline changes and also does a run through of how they will work

Techcrunch reflect on what the changes mean in terms of check ins on Facebook Places.

Intel shares it's social media training for it's staff including what happens if someone leaves the company.

Social Media Guidelines for Teachers